After being aced by Monica Seles, Dave Neuman said:
 DN> However, I have to strongly disagree about the 78-79 team being the
 DN> worst ever.  Their record, for starters wasn't nearly as bad.  This
 DN> current team has no talent whatsoever, outside of Antoine Walker.
I think that goes way out of bounds. Walker certainly isn't the only talent 
on the Celtics. To say that he is would be an insult to guys like Williams 
and Wesley, who are better than you obviously know. With the right coach, 
this team could be a lot better. Not playoff contending better but good 
enough to be "one player away from the playoffs" better, unlike Philly, which 
needs a "ton of players and coach" enema to be playoff contenders. The 78-79 
team had its best team (and a good core to start with when Bird arrived) near 
the end of the season but in the beginning, they were a bunch of bad news 
players just like Marvin Barnes (They were 2-12 when the ax finally fell on 
Sanders. After 14 games, this year's Celtics were 4-10 and they were two 
shots away from being 6-8. That 78-79 bunch didn't play as well as their 2-12 
record indicated). This group is even trying to win when their fans are 
hoping for them to lose. They're out their working their butts off, despite 
all the things that have happened.
 DN> No-one on their team has a clue how to play defense.
And you think that the 77-78 team (113.3 ppg) could?
 DN> Dino Radja has been "sidelined" with a number of suspicious
 DN> injuries..  if you ask me, he's got a bad case of
 DN> don't-want-to-play-for-this-crappy-coach-itis..
Radja's "series" of injuries was diagnosed as season ending when *it* 
cured.
 DN> This team is bad, very very bad.  Duncan would be a huge help, but
 DN> they'd better get someone good with that Mavericks pick as well, or it
 DN> could be another long season or two.
This team isn't nearly as bad as you make them out to be. Injuries and a boob 
for a coach make them seem bad but they're a better starting bunch for a 
player like Duncan than can be expected for a team with their record. Despite 
the limited ability of some of the guys that are still out on the court, they 
DON'T want to lose and they work their butts off every night. You don't like 
Szabo and Conlon -- I'll take both of them over Marvin Barnes and Curtis Rowe 
any day of the week. They, at least, try to play well for a losing team; 
Barnes and Rowe weren't worth the space on the end of the bench.
The 77-78 team HAD players that were willing to give their best but some of 
them came later in the season. The bunch that ended the season had some 
talent that could be culled by the Celtics for the Bird Era. This bunch has 
as much talent AND an even better attitude for the Duncan Era. If Carr is the 
coach next year, it won't show but if they turn it over to D.J. or a veteran 
coach, you'll see a much better team next year.
--- TrekEd 1.00
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